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RESTAURANT

Flavoursome and bountiful cuisine with seaside flavours

Tony Lestienne’s restaurant is a gourmet must for epicureans visiting the Côte d’Opale. The chef and his team have been overseeing this charming family-run establishment with pride in hospitality, culinary expertise and high standards for forty years.

Prices

Lunch

33 € Starter and main course or Main course and dessert


Weekdays for lunch

38 €/Pers


For dinner and the eve of public holidays

45 €/Pers


 

Mr Goodfish . Good for the sea, good for you

Menu


Your choice of starter

Lamb conserve, mixed salad coriander, spices

Warm asparagus, egg parfait, haddock, Parmesan foam, nuts

Shrimp and whiting mousseline, lobster sauce

Crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce (+ 5€)


Your choice of main course

Veal steak, celeriac in mayonnaise, potatoes

Poached skate wing, toasted bread, stewed capers

Traditional local assortment of fish in a court bouillon,mussels juice,  saffon juice (+5 €)

Cod, tomato and garlic, basil sauce, home made pasta



Dessert

Strawberry, baba, sour cream, meringue, yuzu ice cream

Floating island, vanilla rice pudding, pecan nut, slightly salted caramel

Traditional chocolate mousse

Prices

Menu des Saveurs 74€ TTC

6 courses: choose between meat and fish


Menu Dégustation 88€ TTC

7 courses with meat for main course

Menus are subject to change without notice.

Menu

Appetizers of the day


Crab cocktail, Pink Lady apple

red beetroot foam


Slightly salted mackerel

melon and mint, Porto dressing

crispy speck ham, picallili mustard


Fillet of sea bream cooked on the plancha

rigatoni pasta, fennel, condiments

OR

Duckling breast

spinach, chick peas

cep mushrooms, gravy


Mr Vernier’s goat cheese from Val d’Authie

 Summer 2023 Beaufort cheese, from de Saint Sarlin

Current cheese, porto, onion sweet and sour sauce


Apricots crystallized with honey and lavender in puff pastry

pistachio dressing, olive oil

apricot sorbet


Miniature sweets and chocolates

A la Carte

– STARTERS TO BE SHARED –

Special oysters n°2 ‘Parc de l’Impératrice Charente 6 pieces 19 €  12 pieces 32 €

Thin slices of Black ham from Bigorre  *6 pieces 16 €  12 pieces  26 €

Langoustines 20/30 basil sauce  6 pieces 18 €   12 pieces 29 €

Iranian Royal Baeri caviar, 50g, toasts 68€

STARTERS

Tasting course : 2 special oysters n°2, 2 flat oysters n°3, 6 langoustines  28 €

Fresh duck foie gras, mango dressing, Espelette pepper 28€

Octopus stew, tomato, burrata  26 €

Crab in puff pastry, shellfish sauce  26 €

6 flat oysters n°3, Prat – Arcoum, warm with caviar 31€

The marvellous buisson of langoustines, saffron 34€

Veggie Warm French beans, organic parfait, mushroom and morel fricasee  18 €


– MAIN COURSES –

Monkfish medallions, shell and curry broth, spring vegetables 38 €

Traditional sole meuniere, locally fished  46€

Chilean sea bass and asparagus, cress cream 44€

Braised beef cheek and red wine, potato mousseline 24€

Veal kidney, fried oyster mushroom, roasted shallot, veal gravy, stewed parsley 30€

Beef fillet, spinach, polenta, green pepper sauce 36€


– CHEESE –

Cheese plate       4 pieces     12€


– DESSERTS –

Please order your dessert before the meal.

Current sorbets, fresh fruit salad 16 €

Warm chocolate parfait, hazlenut biscuit  16 €

Strawberry, puff pastry, vanilla ice cream, raspberry 16 €

Roasted apricot with honey, almond pistachio cake, apricot lavander sorbet  16 €

Traditional Irish Coffee  16 €

In the kitchen

Influenced by the presence of the sea, the La Matelote* highlights fish and seafood from sustainable fishing sources, in partnership with Nausicaá and the Mister Goodfish programme. We also propose a choice of premium cuts of meat cooked to perfection for meat lovers. Our desserts are loyal to French tradition with the classic souffle and our signature dessert, the quintessential warm chocolate parfait.

The chef

Tony Lestienne grew up here and has been running his restaurant, la Matelote, for 40 years. He strongly believes in bountiful, classic French cuisine prepared with precision and full flavours. His profession is his passion. And hospitality is his way of life. Thanks to him, La Matelote has become an institution with a tightly knit team. His son, Stellio has joined him to inject new energy into this constantly developing Boulogne-sur-mer institution.

The restaurant

Designed like a family home, the decoration of the restaurant is contemporary, featuring the red and gold signature colours of La Matelote. Light floods through large windows in to the intimate dining room with low arm chairs and elegantly dressed tables. The portrait of “The Bearded Woman”, Clémence Lestienne, the chef’s great-great-great-grandmother and a local figure, has pride of place overlooking the room.

Private rooms

We have four private rooms for family functions, seminars, management meetings, business meetings or a night out with friends.
Impress your guests and colleagues with the elegance, sophistication and confidentiality of our venue.
The Jardins de la Matelote function venue is also available for large receptions.
For information and bookings, contact Stellio or Sandy: +33 (0)3 21 30 1797 or restaurant@la-matelote.com


Download the PDF for information about the function venue


PRICE ENQUIRY

The terrace

The terrace is the perfect place to enjoy pleasant weather. The outdoor tables are also dressed with white linen, in keeping with the elegance of Tony Lestienne’s cuisine.

Cooking lessons

You are a cooking enthusiast, curious or quite simply an epicurean. Or perhaps you’re looking for an original gift for an amateur chef? Follow Tony Lestienne behind the scenes where he shares his recipes and tricks of the trade.
Learn to cook like a chef in a relaxed atmosphere in the kitchen of La Matelote.
Groups of 5 to 10 participants.


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